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Court, and the sense of banishment from the ordinary seat of power, must all have conspired to render the stay of the Imporial Court at Hsian-fu very far from comfort- able. Yet to more from a position of com- parative inaccessibility like Heian-fu seems
The ramrrected dredger Canton River has, we hear, been bought by the United States Government for use in Manila harbour-
A Chimman named Lo Tong, aged 36, foll down the banker hatch of the Blue Fannel steamer hardanus in the Harbour on Monday
S. WATSON & CO. to have been a wrench to the Empress afternoon and was killed.
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Two Chinese, two Filipino women, and a son of one of them were arrested by the secret service agents in Manila, fer countorfeiting the La Insular Tobacco Co.'s cigars. The Chinese disposed of them at half the usual price, and of course fhind a ready sale.
In connection with the fand in aid of the Memorial to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, a meeting will be held in the Council Chamber to-morrow, the 17th instant, at noon, in order to receive a statement of accounts, etc. H.E. the Governor has kindly consented to be present.
Dowager, who evidently dreaded very much the possibility of falling into the hands of the Powers. Even now Her Majesty does not feal sufficient confidence in the per- manence of the settlement arrived at, ap parently, to proceed direct to Peking, and she has elected therefore to make Kaiteng the headquarters of the Court for the present.
Now that the Chinese Coort is fairly Anbarked on
it travels eastward, it may be worth' while to hazard speculation as to its future movements and inore especially those of His Majesty the Emperor KWANO TU. It is not by any means certain that the Emperor, who is still practically
a prisoner in the CONFECTIONERY hands of the Express Dowager and her supporters, will be allowed to extend his journey beyond Kaifeng. From time to COMPRISING SELECTIONS OF THE time statements have been inale to the effect that while the Imperial Court with
In the early hours of yesterday morning a the Empress Dowager will remain at Kai-stora-launch belonging to Mesra Watkins, Limited was struck by s squall while moored in Hunghom Bay, and foundered. The crew ware saved by another launch moored loss at baad. The launch had on board a large cargo at the time, but the loss, it is understood, is fally catered by insurance.
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Messrs Campbell, Moore & Co. have sent us few specimens of the latest designs of Christmas, New Year and Birthday cards received by them from Messrs. Raphael Tack & Sons, by the last mail. This firm is the Arst this year to remind us of the approach of the
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The French transport Nire arrived yesterday from Taku, and the British transport Pentakota
left for Taku.
There was a blank Plague Return in Calontis on the 3 th alt.
H.M.S. „Alacrity, with Admiral Sie Cyprian Bridge on board, was at Kinklang on the tla inst
O2 p. 5 to-day will be found the first half of a short story by the Rev. E. J. Hardy, Chaplain to the Forces hore.
Owing to an error in the stamping of the official formas showing the cases of communi sable disease in the Colony we were led to my that there were two cases of diphtheria laat week. The actual disease was enteric fever, not diphtheria,
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considerations of health have compelled your Lordship to relinquish your judicial duties in this Colony, perhaps I may be permitted to express the hope that when the Imperial Court of Appeal for the Empire is 1 basis, His Majesty's established upon a brosi advisors if such matters muy recommend your name to His Majesty se one who has had a very wide and varied experiance in many Colonies and under several different systems of lew, and I am sure, if it should be the fortune of soy of as to appear before your Lordship in that sugust LONDON, 14th October, 7.55 p.m. trimitat, we shall always rosive from you the same kindly patience and courtesy you have always extended to us during your cocupancy of the Bench in this Colony, unde
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THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
SHANHAIKWAN RAILWAY-ARRO
GANT RUSSIAN CLAIMS. With regard to the restoration of the
Times correspondent, understands that Rus- Shanhaikwan Railway, Dr. Morrison,
The agents of Smith, Bell & Co. and War. sin requires China to undertake to repay Attorney, have been somewhat, too kind, and ner Barnes & Co., the two largest British firms all outlays incurred during the Russian in Manila, have been ordered by the military
th@ities to leave the Inland of Samar, says occupation and also to police the railway the Manila Critic. The trun significance of line beyond the town walls with Chinese the order hus, not yet apposted, although it is troops. China is to employ no foreign mili. tary engineers, and is not to continue the line probably to give a clear field for an active cam- paign against the insurgents.
In replying, Sir JOHN CAREINGTON said......... Mr. Attorney-General, I have to thank you
you have now said on behalf of the Bar, and, I take it, also on hobalf of the other branch of there sincerely for the kind words of farewell
the profession. Your words, I think, MA- you have rated too highly the services I have
When I first took my seat, Mr. Goodman, the been able to render on the homok of this Colony, Attorney-General, told me there had been
Bonch, and I felt I had a hard taek before me in several distinguished processors on this endeavouring to keep up to the standard sot by them, I cannot honestly believe I have risen to that standard, because unfortunately with me there are some very serious deficienores the matter of carly legal training-deficiencies such as a man never perhaps gets over during the whole of legal and judicial Career. But you may remember that the Bar ware kind enough to entertain me to dinner on my arrival in the Colony, and I then mid to them that at any rate I would mako sure that one thing should be done while I pra aided in this Court, and that was that I should a
The charges of assault preferred by a Mrs. beyond the scope of the British bondholders Francas Carrell against a boy employed at the contract. Yokohama Station restaurant and a Japanese policeman, the alleged details of which were reported some time ago, has been dismissed by the Japanese Public Procurator on the ground of insufficient evidence. This case was mode bry much of in some of the English papers in
Japan.
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PUREST AND BEST DESCRIPTION, feng the Emperor KWANG Hso will be per itted to proceed to Peking, but there has
Shanghai, 15th October, 9.49 p.m. never been any official confirmation of the
TERRIBLE SHIPPING DISASTER. FROM THE SIMPLEST QUALITY TO report. A German journal, the Lokalanzeiger, publishes some letters addressed by the
The Turchiko Maru, formerly the Chitta Emperor to Prince Cnus, in one of which
A Quetta despatch of the 27th- alt. says:-- THAT OF THE FINEST AND MOST His Majesty announced that it is his
The Football Shield Committee met on Mon-Messrs. Clementson and Marsh, of Ootesmand, gong, was a tatal lows off the Goto Islands intention to hold a review at Woosung next spring. This may be true, so far as the day evening and decided that entries for this are taking to Persia one hundred namel-loads on the 7th instant. 48 were drowned, and expression of the intention is concerned,eason's competition must be sent in on or of general merchandise, especially imported for but the Emperor was perhaps reckoning before dhe 29th November next. The six-them from Europe, comprising woollen goods, only one saved.
side football matches will be played on ach jewelry, boots and shoes, saddlery, silka, satins, without the host on this occasion; or
The bardware, lamps, and cuttery; and also a large day of this weak excepting Saturday. LEADING possibly by choice overlooking the trifling the last night between Lown and Goldring quantity of tee and indige from Caloutte, and spices from the Nilgherries. They start to circumstance of Her Majesty the impress resulted in a draw-nothing all.
morrow morning. Their route is via Siestas Dowager's consent being necessary. No doubt it is intensely galling to the un-
to Birgind in Persia; thence onwards to Meshed. After disposing of this consigament, fortunate young sovereign to reflect that
ons of them proceeds to Europe by the Camping he is monarch in name alone; that he
route to bring out further consignments for can do nothing of his own initiative, and
Persian markets, must perforce remain under the tutelage of the old woman who has for so many years exercised arbitrary power in his name. It is therefore readily conceivable that in writing to his brother, who has for a season A. S. WATSON & CO. at any rate escaped from the Empress
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On the 4th October, at angchow, the wife of 8. N. BARINGTON, Eaq, MRC.S. Eng., R.E.P. Lond., of a Rughter.
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To-narrow is the opening night of Professor Davis's entertainment at the Theatre Royal, City Hall. The Professor describes his show as one of high-class illesion and ventriloquism, and as he is not altogether & stranger to Hong- kong we know that his claims are well based. The booking is proceeding briskly at the Bobinson Piano Co.'s depat, and there is an excellant first-night in prospect.
At aspecial meeting of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace yesterday afternoon at the Magis tracy, when Mr. F. A. Hassland, Police Magis- trate, prasided, and there were present Mr.
The Universul Gazette is responsible for the statement to the affect that Li Hung-chang has been lately closely secreted with the Russian Minister at Peking, negotiating, it is alleged, concerning the three Manchurian provinces Owing, however, to the exceedingly private Dowager's apron string, he should also
nature of the meetings the public, apart from declare his resolve to get free and act for
the 1nowledge that they related to Manchuria, himself. But it is to be feured that this
have not been able to get eren un inkling of perfectly innocent and hudable desire on F. B. L. Bowley Crown Solicitor, Mr. E. E. what actually took place between this well- the part of the Emperor to exhibit himself Hallifax, Acting Police Magistrate, Mr. C.A. Dknown Hussophite and his Muscovite master to his subjects and see something of the Melbourne, Chief Clerk at the Magistracy, and From information received through other country beyond the narrow limits of Peking, Mr. E. P. Tooker, as application by Mr. H. sources, the M.-C. Daily Neres says, there is will be baulked by the Governmcut. To Buttonjoo for s-publican's licence for the probability that the result of the negotiations begin with, it is improbable that the E-Queen's Hotel," Elgin Road, Kowloon, was mentioned above will not be far from what, was
granted unanimously.
prognosticated in its columns several weeks age, namely, the "lease" of the most northerly peror will be allowed to leave the Imperial Court, when it is established at Kaifeng,
portion of Manchuria, that is to say, the Chi- until at least the Empress herself is roudy.
conditions," to return to Peking, and when that time
Base Amur region or Beilung-eliang. to arrives he will be watched cost. jealously
fossi on certain
rebellion. Nevertheless we do not believe
The faueral took place at Happy Valley yesterday afternoon of Captain A. W. R. Colben, who died during Sunday night or Mon Terrace, Kowloon. The deceased complained
The following telegram was readyed by The Empress Dowager and Emperor left Hsian this morning at about 9 o'clock by the South
or Temple of the Eight Genii, in the Eastern gate, and pawing ea route the Pa Hsienngen, suburbs or carriers. Their Majesties alighted from their conroyanoss and offered inconse to the Gani praying for a prosperous journey en the road. Having done this, their Majesties A few days ago, says the Kobe Herald of the continued the journey, and passed the night at 5th inst. four sailors desarted froni H.M.S. Tengkuan- city standing at the apex of the Goliath in this harbour. One of them was seen triangle formed by the frontiers of the three the day before yesterday by s policemen in a provinces of Shensi, Henan and Shansi. To drinking bar at Sakai-machi Tehome. Onset at rest any doubts as to the prosent ultimate being shown the warrant of arrest, he ran out destination of the Imperial Court it is necessary of the bar followed by the policeman, who caught to sinto that it is bound for Kaifong, where a the silor after a rather long chase. Another stay of a least six months will be made by the suitor coming up, the two set on the policema, Empress Dowager-perhaps mach longer and the struggis was at its height when sume while the Emperor will remain at least until more police came up and a British paral officer; the end of November before any more can be to the latter of whom the deserters were handed made for any other place.
over.
LONDON, 13th October.
in
endeavour to hold the balance fairly between the
parties before me. I hope, whatever my short-
comings may have been, that at any rate the ver dlot will be that I have endeavoured to do these things-to take pains with the eases brought before me, to hear patiently the arguments that were adduced by counsel and solicitors, and to hold the balance fairly. More I will not claim credit for. If I have been able to discharge my duties, as you kindly say, to the sati THE FRENCH BUDGET. --
faction of the legal profoɛsion and the com The French Budget shows a deficit of afty unity, that roult is in great mousure, millions of francs.
if not entirely, due to the assistance and co- SOUTH AFRICA-ANOTHER DEATH oration I have received from my brother
SENTENCE.
Lord Kitchener has confirmed the sentence of death passed upon the Boar Schowmann, oue of Commandant Letter's lieutenante, and son of a wealthy farmer.
SIR JOHN CARRINGTON'S
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FAREWELLS IN THE SUPREME COCRT,
judges, from the members of the Ear, from the solicitors, and from the offoers of this Court. First as regards my brotherudges they have been my colleagues during the whole time of my presiding in this Court. I have never had the least disagreement or the least difficulty with them on the contrary, I have had nothing but kindness and willing co-operation in the way of advise and assistance in every case in which I needed it, and I beg now very sincerely. -to thank them for the way in which they have In connection with the departure to-day from helped me to discharge the duties of my office. the Colony of "His Honour Sir John Worrell I beg also, Mr. Attorney, to teadar ny hast Carrington, Kt., C.M.G. D.CL., LL.D., thanks to the members of the Bar for their great Chief Justice, a sitting of-the-Full Court, at courtesy and considers ion to me in all vases tu tended by the members of the legal profession, which they haveappeared before me in this Court was hell yesterday morning at ten o'clock. Bir Ne ons but a judge can know what a great assist John sat between their Honours A. G. Wise and it is to a judge in making his opinion on a (Acting Puisns Judge), and the others present and ably laid before him on either side. That (Acting Chief Justice) and T. Seccombs Smith case to have the arguments fully and clearly ware the Hon. H. E. Pollock, K.C., Acting assistance I have received always in full measÇO Attorney-General; Mesere J. W. Norton Kyshe, from the Bar. I am not going to say words of J. W. Jones, Acting Deputy Registrar and occasion for me to do it. I will only say that Appraisor; C. J. Xavier, Acting Registrar and although their numbers are not very largo, yet, Pusine Judge, H. H. J. Gompertz, Member, they run very high indeed, and I am very Accountant; L. D'Almada e Castro, Clark to the in point of ability, reputation, and efficiency Land Court; F. A. Hazeland, Police Magif grateful to them for the way in which they have trate; C. A. D. Melhonmo, First Clerk at always behaved towards me. I may make thesame Magistracy; . . Sharp and De Ho Kai, relaars with regard to the solicitors in quits as barristers-at-law; E, J. Grist, G. K. Brutton, fall measure. In Chambers, in the Bankruptey K. W. Mounsey, J. B. Harston, F. C. Barlow, Cork, and in other ways have I come in con I. F. R. Brayne, O. D. Thomson, J. F. Reece, tct with them, and have received nothing bat F. B. Deacon, H. L. Dennys, H. Hursthouse, consideration and kindness daring the whole of G. C. C. Master, C. Ewers, P. W. Goldring, my time here. The officers of the Court also J. Hays, D'Almada, Wei On, and Tso, solici have been most willing and rasdy to cooperate tors. The subordinate Court officials were also with me in the details of practice in Chamber business and Court work, and I beg to grate- in attendance.
fully thank them all, No one but a judge can know again how much he must rely upon the. foiency of the staff of this Court in many matters of daily routine and practies. Before conolude my romars I should like to make reference to a distinguished practitioner in this
performed the duties of your distinguished I refer to the late Mr. Francis.. When I wan Ceart, who is not with us to day. You all know office. When you arrived in this Colony overll in Japan and felt I should not be equal to five years ago, it was confidently anticipated; the strain of my official duties, I thought, Mr. from your previous record in the Colonial Civil Attorney, there might be some function of Service, that you would bring to the discharge this kind take place when I left the Colony. of the duties of your office that head grasp of and I thought that on that any Me, Francis, low and flint independence, impartiality, and as an old, and leading practitioner in this integrity which are amongst the highest attri. Court, would probably say a few words, But butes of the judicial Beuch. Those expecta Providence glad otherwise, and on iny way tions, my Lord, have been very amply fulfilled, down from Japan to Hongkong performed There is also a matter in which not merely the the shincholy duty of attending members of the legal profession are highly in at Yokohan. Mr. Francie will long debted to your Lordship, but also the community In this Court. He was undoubtedly in general, and that is the work your Lordship advocate, and any ollent who
When all were assembled, the Acrna ATTORNEY-GENERAL proconded to address the Bench. He said-Sir John Carrington, on behalf of the legal profession in this Colony I bag to convey to your Lordship our sincere regret that you are leaving us and our bigh ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB, appreciation of the manner in which you have
On the 10th October, at 39, Range Road, Shanghus, the wife of J. WOLDER, of a daughter.The Empress Dowager knows only too well day rarning in his house at No. 11, Knutsford
In England, HAROLD AUTON, late of Mears. that her power is secure only so long as she of fedling unwell on Sunday afternoon. ned Chinese officials in Shanghai on the 7th inst. Registrar; F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor: praise for the Bar, because perhaps this is not the
can control the movements and retain pos- went to bed about six o'clock. In the morning session of the person of the Empeter, Shehow found to be dead. The body was re must be well aware that the people generally moved to the public mortuary on Monday, and are waxing inpatient at the continued a postmortem exataination showed that death seclusion of the Son of Heaven, and are was due to apoplexy. Much sympathy is felt Rusions that he should again assume the for the widow and her two children. reius of power. Only the other day a lengthy memorial emanating fromû the liter ary classes and gentry of the Two Kwang AFTER repeated reports that the Chinese is sent to the Chinese plenipotentiaries Imperial Court was about to leave Hsinn-fuat Peking urging in very strong language the wish of his subjects in the provinces and as many contradictions thereof-until
that the Emperor. should be permitted to the public had lost all interest in a matter return along to Peking and assume the which seemed so uncertain- the announce Government, hinting not obscurely that ment came at length that their Majesties unless this request was complied with th had really started for Kaifeng on the 6th whole of South China would soon rise in instant, This date had been fixed upon the Empress Dowager will consent to the after much easideration by the empress emancipation of His Majesty from her Dowager, and permission had been granted Jeuding strings unless very strong pressure by her to H. E. SHENG Yux, Governor of is put upon her. She will probably treat Sheusi, to accompany the Imperial party to the veiled threat of the people of the Two the new capital. General Ma AN-LIANG, Kwang as a mere brutum fulmen, and it who was in charge of the troops at Hsian-fu, will only confirm her in her obstinate deter was ordered to take command of the Body.mination to maintain her own personal
authority paramount and supreme. guard-mostly Kansub veteris-and in structed to escort the Court to Kaifeng I will be satisfactory to such' of our The migration, now going on, will entail readers as apponded their signatures to the very heavy expenses. Preparations on a recent Petition to the Secretary of State for huge scale have to be made in advance for the Colonies regarding Hongkong's sanitary the accommodation of the Court and retinue condition to know that the Chairman of the at each halting place. The number of per- Petition Committee has received the follow- sous composing the Court and its train is ing letter from the Hon. J. H. STEWART
LOCKHART, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary : --- very large, and the Bodyguard is quite a
"In continuance of my letter No. 1,708 small army. They will pretty well eat up of the 12th of last July, I am directed to the supplies of provisions en route, and their state; for the information of the signatories passage through the country will doubtless be regarded with anything but rejoicing by the inhabitants. The evacuation of Peking
by the foreign troops has no doubt had ita
QUARTERLY MEETING.
MAGEWEN CUP, BOGEY CUP, AND POOL
terday morning that the Red Cone, pointing The Central Police Station informed us yes- downwards, had been hoisted on the mast beside the Time Ball ut Kowloon Point at 11 am. This indiested a typhoon, south of the Colcuy, Although entries were up to the average, the with its centre more than 300 miles away. At koessive heat during the competition prevented the majority of members from completing their 5.30pm. wo received a message that the Blacked. The Captain of the Club did an excel- Cons had been hoisted in its place, indicating lent first round of 41, which enabled him to that the typhoon centre was less than 3:0 score a well deserved triple victory:
MACEWEN CUP. miles away. We also received from the U.8.
90-9 Mr. C. Fulmer Consulate General the following typhoon warn- Mr. T. B. Forrest... 85 ing issued from Manila Observatory at 8.30 Capt. Clapham, R.A.... 92 - 5
12 entries. pm on the 34th inst-Typhoon crossing rapidly Luzon through 16 parallel moving to Mr. C. Palmer... receives 7 strokes & down has accomplished in introducing into this Colony could count on haring a very West by North at present.
Mr. de Giors, the Russian Minister at Peking, and his wife and family wore passengers by the sa. Hamburg which arrived yesterday. He is on his way to Munich, to which place he has been transferred. An unpleasant incident occurred in connection with his visit to the Colony. He
of the Petition regarding the sanitary lasted from the ferry with two of his sons, and
BOGEY CUP.
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Mr. J. H. T. MeMurtris 85 + Capt. Clapham, R.A.... 92
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certain statutory enactments which will have at his services and a ready tongu all you gentlemen the effect of bringing the law here up to date. quid sure that There are very many Ordinances with which in this Court, when you are, your Lordship's name will always be associated heavy case, will for some time to come miss They are almost too numerous for me to reospit. his excellent and read ulate now, but I may mention in particular the only now say that his memory will Criminal Procedure Ordinance, the Civil in this Court as that of Procedure Ordinence, the Trastee Ordinance, advocate. Now, Mr. Attorney, I and the Law Amendment. Ordinance. These forewell to you all. I am very
receiving the very full attention of the place (sic)-rashed to the passengers, and secured "condition of Hongkong, that the matter thechair-coolies-as usual in this well-regulated LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. Statutes, my Lord, will always remain as monts from you. I had hoped that in the
"Secretary of State for the Colonies."
him and demanded money..
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one of the boys as a fare, and in the turmoil. The T.K.K. steamer America Maru, with ments to your zeal in the cause of law in this things I should have been The news is welcome. We shall trust went off with him and were speedily out of sight. maile, &c., which left hence on the 17th nlt for Colony, Furthermore, your Lordship has very with you, but it is ordered, due share in finally inducing the Empress before very long to see the outcome of the The lad was soon missod, but some time elapsed San Francisco rit Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, kindly consented to bring out a new edition of leave the Bench of this Colo
thank you at her destination on the 14th inst. Dowager to commence the return journey attention of the Secretary of State, and in before he was found, having been encried beyond Inland Sea, Yokohamn and Honolula, arrived the laws of this Colony which will be of memory of Bre-and-s-half to the Mancbu capital. The sojourn at the nicanțime all signatories of the Petition the General Hospital where the coolies dropped the C.PE. steamer Tartar strived at Kobe immense benefit not only to the legal practi- pleasant years spent among you.
Having none, on the 14th inst. and left same day for Naga- tioners in this Colony, but also to the members again for all your kindness and consideration, of the general public, for I am firmly convinced, and never forget the pleasant relations Hainn.fu has not been too satisfactory, we are justified in feeling that they have con- they turned him over to a rickahs coolie,
0.8.8. steamer Laertes left Singapore tributed their share to the future progress who was found with him in Queen's Road the 15th inal, a.m., and ia dne here on the my Lord, that it is not merely for the bonery Lakk existed between the Bar and solicitors of the legal profession, but also far the benant whi have cocupled the position of Chief imagine. The great distance from the
of this Colony and that their efforts to Wat We wonder what our visitors think of 20th inst central and southern provinces, the incon-make it a reasonably healthy place of red the admirable pelles system which prevails The E. & A. steamer Australian, for Austra of the community in general, that the lows of a Justice of this Colony. I have now to with
The Court then "djourned sing die. venience of residence in a city ill adapted dence for Europeans and others in the Furin regard to chair and riokahs traffic in this lia, left Kobe on the 14th inst. for this port via Colony should exist in a handy form sccept you all good bro
Foochow, and is duc hore on the 21st inst able to everybody; and, my Lord, although Cobay F for the accommodation of a numerona. East will not be entirely disregarded.
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